Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-31
THE GREAT NORTHWEST

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News Items from Various States
and Territories.
ILLINOIS.
Jane McMullin, living ten miles south Of
Paris. hung herself the other morning be-
cause young man to whom she was an
gagged left Tor Missouri without seeing her
Richard Tinker was killed by the acci-
dental discharge Of his gun while hunting
near Decatur recently.
Mr.. John Cunning ham and wife celebrated
their golden wedding at their residence in
/ Salem few evenings ago
Ulysses Pemberton, aged twenty-one
years, shot and killed his father the other
morning at the homestead near Galiatia.
Saline County, on account of q trivial quar-
rel
| w Parkinson's large stock barn in VII
/ low, 10 Daviess County, burned the other
night. together with sixty tons Of hay. five
hundred bushels of corn and six head Of
cattle.
Three of the best-executed counterfeit
coins IN circulation in Chicago for some
/ years We're turned into the sub-treasury the
other day. They are standard dollars of
the issue of 1884, and in size, appearance
/ and esght are perfect
Mrs Carrie Lane Chapman, q young
widow. Is engaged in organizing the Ameri-
can party In Iowa
| The Sioux Falls extension of the Illinois
Central Is completed, and the first train ran
over the line the other day It extends
from Cherokee to Sioux Falls D. T., "a dis
tance of fifty six miles. Ground was first
| broken on this line last September
! The post-of6ce at Beauford, Macoupin
County, has been discontinued
The Centerville creamery was burned the
other night Loss, Sc, 600.
While out hunting in the northern part Of
Macon County the other evening Richard
Tinker fell Oft fence, his gun was acci-
dentally discharged and he was killed
The Soldiers Home at Quincy has been
presented with nearly eighteen hundred
books
The Montgomery County Farmers, Insti-
tute was organized at Htllsboro recently.
with A. a. K Sawyer as president
]. a. Palnlan's residence at NaueryiI1a
was destroy ed by fire the other night Loss,
$40, 600
A two-year- old son of John Willeford. of
spilberton, was burned to death few nights
ago.
Over one hundred farmers of Central Tlli-
1nois assembled recently at Bloomington
and held an institute, which was the first
of series MIR. J. E. Evans, of Ell Paso
gave an interesting talk on dehorning cat
tie. Since October he has dehorned twenty
three hundred, and not one has died.
IOWA.
Mr.. and Mrs J. b. Gesner, of Jefferson.
celebrated their golden Wedding few
evenings ago.
robert Brown, coal-miner, fatally shot
4 John Nicholson. another miner. at Knox
vile junction a few days ago. Brown was
arrested
The brewers of Cedar Rapids have been
given until March to dispose of the STOCKS
they have on hand, upon their promising
to close after that date
BY the collision of two construction trains
at Waterloo the other night Fireman Davis
was fatal land Engineer CaffelI slightly in
jured
The dynamite bomb exploded at Mar
snalitown recently was to i nd out the per
petrators of practical Jokes with bombs
filled with saWdust 1t was successful the
jokers having confessed
At the recent State poultry show at Mar
shalltown there were five hundred and fifty
entries and fine display of flowers
Miss Laura A Brouse, daughter of Rev.
j. A. Brouse, of Rockford, was found dead
In bed the other morning by her mother.
Inc day previous she was about, apparent
II as well as usual.
Milton Stout of Jacksonville and Miss
Gillian NJ. Bowlley, of Dillon both deaf and
dumb, We're married a few evenings ago.
Elias Sauseard's barn was burned near
Ashmore the other night and fine Clydes-
dale stallion persisted in the flames
Ten stores were burned at Northwood a
few days ago, involving loss of $50, 600.
The FIRE was incendiary
Judge A J. Leffngwell, of Clinton, Ia.
died at the Becker House, Maquoketa, the
other morning, of inflammation of the
bowels. He was fifty six years of age.
Governor Larrabee has appointed A. 8.
Garretson, of Sioux City, and B. s.
schermerhorn, Of Des Moines, honorary
commissioners to the centennial celebra-
ton at Cincinnati of the States carved out
OF the Northwestern Territory
Farmers in the vicinity of Drakeyille
have successfully experimental in thresh-
ing their corn fodder
The Iowa Alcohol Company, Of Iowa City.
and the Atlantic distillery, of Atlantic. have
oJ hasa anu wni remove 20 Omaha,
t Mh1ad one immense alstiliery Will be es-
farmer near Cherokee has lost So. 900
n = disease w. % "eeAs Aiom some
pa,;ah1a i.sssS,so4:o-
M ..aD.e in.oll na.ion IS 70 the eHect That
~ Sna s s;n IN Ine PADDOCK murder
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